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David's angelshark
Plate 1 of 2. [Photo: D.R. Robertson] Long, D.J., Ebert, D.A., Tavera, J., Acero P., A. & Robertson, D.R (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia
IUCN NT · Near threatened

David's angelshark

Squatina david

David's angelshark (Squatina david) is a species of angelshark newly described in 2016. It can grow up to around 75cm in length and is coloured greyish to brownish yellow. Male specimen are dark-spotted, while females have abundant whitish spots. David's angelshark inhabits the northern coast of South America from Colombia to Suriname and is currently known from a depth between 100-150m.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607534.